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Castries, Saint Lucia – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting another year of GDP growth for Saint Lucia.
Following the conclusion of its annual Article IV Consultation with Saint Lucia in February 2025, the IMF endorsed the economic outlook for the local economy, which projects GDP growth of 3.7% for 2024. In an official statement issued by the IMF on March 13, 2025, the Article IV Consultation concluded;
St. Lucia’s economy has normalized. Given the country’s heavy dependence on tourism, the pandemic led to a sharp contraction in 2020 followed by a surge in growth in 2021–23.
Conditions have now normalized, and strong tourist arrivals and supportive fiscal policy are boosting growth and reducing unemployment—long an issue for St. Lucia—while favorable commodity prices are helping to bring inflation down.
The referenced supportive fiscal policy implemented by the Pierre-led Administration has driven unemployment down to a historic low of 10.8% nationally in 2024. Also, Saint Lucia recorded its best-ever fourth quarter last year. Unemployment declined to single digits at 8.8% between October and December 2024.
The prudent management of the economy by the Pierre Administration has allowed the government the fiscal latitude to take numerous people-first policy actions:
Having suffered its worst decline in recent memory, the Saint Lucian economy was on the brink when Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre and his Cabinet of Ministers came to Office in July 2021.
Furthermore, adverse global economic conditions that included record-high inflation, volatile energy costs and supply chain issues complicated the Pierre-led Administration’s task of pulling Saint Lucia out of its worst-ever economic slump.
Prime Minister Pierre, supported by the Cabinet, immediately began working with a diverse group of dedicated public servants and private sector stakeholders to craft the fiscal and economic policies to adequately address the needs of our local economic sub-sectors to put Saint Lucia back on track.
Historic and timely tax breaks, which include sweeping amnesties on VAT charges, collectively saved local businesses millions of dollars, allowing them the fiscal breathing room to concentrate on improving their operations and building resilience. The Pierre Administration has also made available millions of dollars in soft loans and grants for entrepreneurs and MSME operators to fund start-ups and strengthen small businesses.
Additionally, strong demand for our tourism product led to a record-breaking year for tourism arrivals in 2024. Increased foreign direct investment and numerous ongoing capital projects have buoyed the construction sector, fueling our historic post-COVID economic rebound since July 2021.
Castries, Saint Lucia – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting another year of GDP growth for Saint Lucia.
Following the conclusion of its annual Article IV Consultation with Saint Lucia in February 2025, the IMF endorsed the economic outlook for the local economy, which projects GDP growth of 3.7% for 2024. In an official statement issued by the IMF on March 13, 2025, the Article IV Consultation concluded;
St. Lucia’s economy has normalized. Given the country’s heavy dependence on tourism, the pandemic led to a sharp contraction in 2020 followed by a surge in growth in 2021–23.
Conditions have now normalized, and strong tourist arrivals and supportive fiscal policy are boosting growth and reducing unemployment—long an issue for St. Lucia—while favorable commodity prices are helping to bring inflation down.
The referenced supportive fiscal policy implemented by the Pierre-led Administration has driven unemployment down to a historic low of 10.8% nationally in 2024. Also, Saint Lucia recorded its best-ever fourth quarter last year. Unemployment declined to single digits at 8.8% between October and December 2024.
The prudent management of the economy by the Pierre Administration has allowed the government the fiscal latitude to take numerous people-first policy actions:
Having suffered its worst decline in recent memory, the Saint Lucian economy was on the brink when Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre and his Cabinet of Ministers came to Office in July 2021.
Furthermore, adverse global economic conditions that included record-high inflation, volatile energy costs and supply chain issues complicated the Pierre-led Administration’s task of pulling Saint Lucia out of its worst-ever economic slump.
Prime Minister Pierre, supported by the Cabinet, immediately began working with a diverse group of dedicated public servants and private sector stakeholders to craft the fiscal and economic policies to adequately address the needs of our local economic sub-sectors to put Saint Lucia back on track.
Historic and timely tax breaks, which include sweeping amnesties on VAT charges, collectively saved local businesses millions of dollars, allowing them the fiscal breathing room to concentrate on improving their operations and building resilience. The Pierre Administration has also made available millions of dollars in soft loans and grants for entrepreneurs and MSME operators to fund start-ups and strengthen small businesses.
Additionally, strong demand for our tourism product led to a record-breaking year for tourism arrivals in 2024. Increased foreign direct investment and numerous ongoing capital projects have buoyed the construction sector, fueling our historic post-COVID economic rebound since July 2021.
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